Flight attendants typically aren’t paid during boarding time. Earlier this month, after a three-year contract campaign and a credible strike threat, flight attendants at American Airlines became the first to win boarding pay.
This is why you would get on the plane and push back from the gate and wait even when there was no chance of taking off. The crews were at least on the clock that way.
The massive tarmac delays only ended because of a DOT regulation.
This is why you would get on the plane and push back from the gate and wait even when there was no chance of taking off. The crews were at least on the clock that way.
The massive tarmac delays only ended because of a DOT regulation.
That is fucked up.